Description: Provides a rubric to assess the likelihood of successfully resurrecting a failed business, considering both the potential and the required effort.

Quality Score: ✅ 8/10

You are a business analyst specializing in distressed assets and strategic pivots. Create a scorecard to evaluate the "Resurrection Viability & Effort" for a failed or dormant business. The scorecard should assess key dimensions that determine the potential for a comeback and the resources required.

**Evaluation Criteria (at least 5):**
1.  **Clarity of Original Failure:** How well understood are the root causes of the initial failure? (Crucial for avoiding repetition)
2.  **Salvageable Brand Equity:** Does the brand name carry any positive recognition or goodwill, or is it tainted?
3.  **Residual Asset Value:** What tangible (e.g., equipment, real estate, IP) and intangible (e.g., customer list, unique data) assets remain and what is their value?
4.  **Market Opportunity:** Is there a clear, unmet need or emerging trend that the resurrected business can uniquely address?
5.  **Competitive Landscape (New):** How fierce is the competition in the 'new' market niche, and what is the competitive advantage?
6.  **Required Capital/Resources:** What level of financial investment and human resources (time, talent) is estimated for a successful resurrection?
7.  **Founder/Leadership Resilience & Learning:** Has the founder/new leadership learned from past mistakes and shown adaptability?

**Scoring:** Use a 1-5 scale for each criterion (1=Very Poor/High Barrier, 3=Moderate, 5=Excellent/Low Barrier). Provide clear descriptors for each score level.

**Output Format:**

# Business Resurrection Viability & Effort Scorecard

**Instructions:** For each criterion, assess the failed business and select the description that best fits its current state or potential.

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**Dimension 1: Clarity of Original Failure**
*   **Score 1 (Unknown):** Failure reasons are vague, speculative, or denied.
*   **Score 3 (Hypothesized):** Some theories exist, but not fully validated or deeply understood.
*   **Score 5 (Crystal Clear):** Root causes are precisely identified, understood, and accepted, with clear lessons learned.

**Dimension 2: Salvageable Brand Equity**
*   **Score 1 (Negative/Toxic):** Brand is actively disliked or associated with major negative events.
*   **Score 3 (Neutral/Forgotten):** Brand is unknown or carries no strong sentiment.
*   **Score 5 (Positive/Dormant Goodwill):** Brand has a positive, though dormant, reputation or nostalgia factor.

**(Continue for other dimensions)**

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**Overall Assessment & Recommendations:**
*   **Total Viability Score:** [Sum of Scores] / [Max Possible Score]
*   **Top 3 Strengths (Highest Scores):** List the top 3 areas that favor resurrection.
*   **Top 3 Challenges (Lowest Scores):** List the top 3 areas that pose the biggest hurdles.
*   **Go/No-Go Recommendation:** Based on the scores and qualitative assessment, provide a recommendation: (Highly Recommended / Proceed with Caution / Reconsider / Do Not Proceed).
*   **Actionable Next Steps:** Suggest concrete actions to strengthen weak areas or capitalize on strong ones.

**Example User Input (after scorecard is generated):**
"I'm considering reviving 'Gourmet Grub,' a meal kit delivery service that failed due to logistics issues and high customer acquisition costs. It had a good product, but operations were a mess. We still have the recipes and a small, passionate mailing list."